Kim Dong-moon
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- This is a Korean name; the family name is Kim.
| Kim Dong-moon | ||||||||
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| Olympic medal record | |||
| Men's badminton | |||
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| Gold | 1996 Atlanta | Mixed doubles | |
| Gold | 2004 Athens | Doubles | |
| Bronze | 2000 Sydney | Doubles | |
Kim Dong-moon (born 22 September 1975) is a male badminton player from South Korea.
Kim is married with his former mixed doubles pair Ra Kyung-min, and in July 2007 they had a son called Kim Han-wool.[1]
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Kim competed for Korea in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's doubles with partner Ha Tae-kwon. They had a bye in the first round and defeated Robert Mateusiak and Michał Łogosz of Poland in the second. In the quarterfinals, Kim and Ha beat Zheng Bo and Sang Yang of China 15-7, 15-11. They won the semifinal against Eng Hian and Flandy Limpele of Indonesia 15-8, 15-2 and defeated fellow Koreans Lee Dong-Soo and Yoo Yong-Sung 15-11, 15-4 to win the gold medal.
Kim also competed in mixed doubles with partner Ra Kyung-min. They had a bye in the first round and defeated Chris Bruil and Lotte Bruil of the Netherlands in the second. In the quarterfinals, Kim and Ra lost to Jonas Rasmussen and Rikke Olsen of Denmark 17-14, 15-8.
| Rank | Event | Date | Venue |
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| World Championships | |||
| 1 | Men's doubles | 1999 | Copenhagen, DEN |
| 1 | Mixed doubles | 1999 | Copenhagen, DEN |
| 1 | Mixed doubles | 2003 | Birmingham, ENG |
| 2 | Men's doubles | 2001 | Seville, ESP |
| 2 | Mixed doubles | 2001 | Seville, ESP |
| 3 | Men's doubles | 1995 | Lausanne, SWI |
| Asian Games | |||
| 1 | Mixed doubles | 1998 | Bangkok, THA |
| 1 | Mixed doubles | 2002 | Busan, KOR |
| Asian Championships | |||
| 1 | Mixed doubles | 1998 | Bangkok, THA |
| 1 | Men's doubles | 1999 | Kuala Lumpur, MAS |
| 1 | Mixed doubles | 1999 | Kuala Lumpur, MAS |
| 1 | Mixed doubles | 2001 | Manila, PHI |
| 1 | Men's doubles | 2002 | Bangkok, THA |
| 1 | Mixed doubles | 2004 | Kuala Lumpur, MAS |
- ^ Korean Badminton's First Couple Announce Birth of their Son, BadZine.info, 19 July 2007
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